Thursday, January 13, 2011

Advanced Style Video: Maryann

Here is the latest installment of Advanced Style Videos by the wonderful videographer Lina Plioplyte.
Over the past year Lina has been filming some of our favorite ladies for a documentary project on style and aging. She has learned a lot from these fantastic women. Hear her talk about her style progression below and for some more videos CLICK HERE. If you know any stylish older women living in New York email me at Advancedstyleinfo@gmail.com and hope you enjoy the clips.

15 comments:

I can't believe no one's commented yet. May I be first? :)This lady just made my day. She's got it, completely: the style is nothing without the substance, the wisdom of choosing to wear *on* what we have *within*, what we truly ARE.

What fabulous videos! I just love MaryAnn, and would give anything to be able to play in her closet. I love the pieces she shows off in the video.Lina is adorable, and I can't wait to see the finished documentary.

Ari, thank you for featuring role models such as MaryAnn. It is inspiring to hear from those who have developed a style for themselves that is truly personal and unique, in a world where designer looks tend to be simply followed and adopted wholesale (such as we can see in many street fashion blogs). MaryAnn , thank you so much for sharing your style philosophy. I liked your caution about relying on one designer (no matter how loved!) as the default determinant of one’s style. I agree that it’s actually a good thing that most of us have a wardrobe that is an assortment of different design styles. When we put on our shoes and clothes each day, we are each one of us creating an outfit combination that is not repeated anywhere else on the planet (unless we own all the items - headwear , bag and footwear included - that a particular designer has put together for a runway look; which is very unlikely).. So when we put on an item in the style of our favourite designer, we automatically personalize it when we add to it items that are not in the lineage of that studio. In other words, we are manifesting our own inner stylist. So much more interesting and personal than being a walking advertisement for a brand!